Alex von Stachelkopf
At this point, financial markets are some of the best and optimal ways to get extra income for mediocre investors. When it comes to reliable investments, the trading members of Masterforex-V Academy are some of the best experts in delivering major profits on a regular basis.
In this article we would like to tell you about one of the most prominent representatives of Masterforex-V Academy and the founder of the «Polina» trading strategy. This is Polina Poliakova, Head of the Scalping Department of Masterforex-V Academy.
Thanks to her exclusive investment projects (Spring 2014, March 2014 and April 2014 – more on that, on the Academy's official website), thousands of mediocre retail investors can enjoy decent returns on their investments at low risk.
At the same time, Polina teaches exclusive stuff within the scope of its department under Masterforex-V Academy. Thanks to those valuable tips and tricks, hundreds of her students are winning traders with excellent trading performance. Some of them run big-scale PAMM accounts. So, it appears that the Master's secrets bring double benefits: decent profits and valuable knowledge. This short-term/scalping strategy is flexible and can be applied to any kind of a trend.
Interview With Polina
Market Leader: Hello, Polina! It is reported that you are about to start a new investment project called «May 2014». If I'm not mistaken, the project will start on May 19th. Could you please tell us about the peculiarities, conditions and details of «May 2014»?
Polina: Hello! Anyone can participate in this project provided that they accept all the risks and have no doubt about this type of investment. The minimum investment for those who are doing it for the first time is $1500. The maximum is $3000. As for those who already invested in my project in the past, the investment threshold is $1500 to $4500.
The investment is capped because it is about the don't-put-all-eggs-in-one-basket principle. It is always wiser and safer to spread your investments between several investment projects that to invest 100% of the savings in a single project. At the same time, I would like to pay your attention to the fact that all the investment projects this year (including May 2014) are aimed at doubling up the investment pool.
Market Leader: Polina, you have always underlined the fact that your trading strategy is super aggressive and fairly risky. Still, judging by your previous investment projects like Spring 2014, March 2014 and April 2014, your trading performance attracted a lot of investors. Why do you think they keep trusting you?
Polina: I think this is happening because I'm rather straightforward when it comes to trading and investing. I never conceal the risks and potential opportunities. I give it as it is, even though sometimes it may sound not so pleasant. And I prove my words in deed. I never promise get-rich-quick schemes. For me, it is very important to attract adequate clients so that I could find a common language with them. I have never cheated, and investors know it and value it.
Market Leader: Will «May 2014» differ from its predecessors in any aspect?
Polina:
Yes, it will. There is one minor change - the introduction of the 1st-level account, i.e. there will be 2 accounts under management. The rest will remain unchanged.
Market Leader: Could you please share with us the details and peculiarities of your trading strategy? What are its advantages?
Polina: The key peculiarity of my trading strategy is its simplicity: the golden ratio or the figures (levels) based on Fibonacci sequences. In other words, everything else used in the strategy is based on the golden ratio.
The list of advantages includes a strict algorithm, clarity and absence of double standards. This makes the task of trading fairly simple and easy (still, some of my students find it hard to follow all the rules timely). As for patience in terms of sticking to the strategy, it is just a matter of time and desire to win.
Prospects for investors can be reduced to profits. Apparently, the size of those profits may and do vary from time to time. The key aspect is that I'm the only managing trader within the scope of my projects. So, it is crucial for me to diversify the investment pool between several tactics in order to reduce the risks to the minimum and back the long-term cooperation with my investors.
Market Leader: What is required to become your investor?
Polina: First of all, you need to have the required amount of money coupled with the desire to invest and make money in the long run. The second step is to contact me via Masterforex-V Academy's forum (my nickname is Magister) or via Skype: magister_poly .
Market Leader: Could you please specify where you open PAMM accounts to trade? What are those brokers?
Polina:
At this point, I work with Alpari. The broking company is reliable and can offer beneficial trading conditions. So I trust it. Still, there are some technical issues but we are currently resolving them. So, I think we will continue our beneficial long-term cooperation. At the same time, I keep testing other PAMM services offered by various broking companies.
Market Leader: You say that you use an extra live account on top of the main new. What is the purpose of the secondary account?
Polina:
This is determined by the specifics of my trading strategy. The thing is that I follow very strict money management, which includes a cap on the amount of simultaneously open trades in a single direction.
Sometimes, this max amount is exceeded, so it forces me to ignore those signals, which leads to missed profits. That is why I use an extra account in such cases. Me and my programmer assistant developed software that helps us to export such extra orders to the secondary account.
Thanks to such tactics, we can gather up to 95% of potential price moves in both directions regardless of trends, not to mention dynamic money management. There is one minor issue: the secondary account may remain idle during the first month of trading.
Market Leader: When are your investors allowed to stat withdrawing their funds?
Polina:
The funds can be withdrawn after the project is completed. Over the course of the project, there is no deposit/withdrawal option available. The thing is that my risk management is built with regard to every $100 invested. So any withdrawal can increase the risk for other investors. Therefore, any of my potential investors should be ready to wait till the project is suspended. The project lasts for at least 3 months. As soon as the work is over, I choose the right moment to suspend the trading process and liquidate the PAMM account. After that, the funds (including the profits) are automatically credited to investor accounts.
Market Leader: Obviously, potential investors are eager to see some stats: the amount of losing and winning trades, max profits etc. Can you share anything like that with us?
Polina:
To be honest, I do not like telling about the details of unfinished projects. Still, I can tell you that the EV for all the projects is positive. I'm planning to publish some charts and statements when the work is over. The statements below show you my trading performance for 6 months:
The trading was performed on a live account in Russian Rubles. The starting amount was 40 000 RUR. The trading was suspended at a level close to 1 000 000 RUR (as you can see from the chart below). All in all, I made 3 423 trades, and only 6 of them turned out to be losers. Well, it doesn't mean there were no drawdowns. These drawdowns were rather considerable, which made me reconsider my money management. Drawdowns are inevitable but they can be covered in the long run.
How long can a drawdown last? Well, sometimes it can take most of the trading time but that doesn't mean that we are going down. It depends on when the market reverses to the mean.
Once again, drawdowns are natural and frequent. So, there is no need to be afraid of them. They shouldn't be used to judge the entire project. Patience is everything in this case, especially if to consider the fact that the minimal target is +100%.
Market Leader: Polina, apart from being a trading expert, you are the Head of the Scalping Department of Masterforex-V Academy. What do you teach?
Polina:
The Scalping Department was founded on the basis of my trading strategy. This is a scalping strategy. You buy and sell regardless of the direction of the primary trend. The profit is captured starting from 110 nano-points (11 points). So I teach all the students how to trade my own strategy. There are 4 grades, each one is a more advanced level.
Market Leader: What are the conditions (including fees) for those who want to become your students?
Polina:
As a teacher, I'm rather exacting to my students. Right off the bat, I let them understand that they are going to work hard to succeed. I test them a lot. A student cannot go to the next level until he/she passes the tests. This is why some of my students quit during the 1st or 2nd grade since they figure out that they are not ready to treat it seriously. However, those who pass all the 4 levels become successful traders.
The first grade tuition is $500 (individual training) while the second grade tuition $1000 (individual training as well). For more details, you can visit Masterforex-V Academy.
Market Leader: How many graduates are successful traders?
Polina:
At this point, i work with 8 pupils. Most of them graduated and became independent traders. Unfortunately, I do not keep in touch with all of my students since I simply do not have enough time for that.
Still, even those who quitted are now grateful to me. Some people left for stock markets or mid-term trading but they still use the cornerstones of my strategy.
Market Leader: Why do you test your students on a regular basis and after each grade?
Polina:
There is a key guideline in teaching and learning anything. This one tells that you shouldn't proceed to the next level until your master the first one. I completely agree with this idea and always follow this guideline in trading and teaching.
Market Leader: Could you please tell us a little bit about the 4 grades/levels?
Polina:
The first grade is theory and its step-by-step application in the from of back-testing.
The second grade is deeper application of the learned material in real time. 20 days of correct trading in a row are necessary to get access to the 3rd grade.
The 3rd grade implies more advanced stuff built on top of the existing standard strategy. This includes more theory and practice – 4 step = 4 months. Each step is followed by testing. Then we focus on the trading plan and risk management. This is where the student creates his/her own tactics and filters within the scope of my strategy. If everything is passed successfully, I let him/her open his/her first live account. Still this is going to be a cent/micro account.
The 4th grade is even more advanced stuff with extra entry points (including pending orders). It includes training video footage, 2 weeks of testing through daily real-time trading.
Those who want to become my students should apply from June 2nd through 30th 2014.
Market Leader: How long have you been trading professionally?
Polina:
I have been trading professionally for 9,5 years. This is not the biggest trading experience among professionals. Still, I rate these years of practice as «successful».
Market Leader: Why did you choose to become a member of Masterforex-V Academy?
Polina:
Back in 2005, I was one of the founders of this Forex training project. From the very beginning I made friends with the Master (MasterForex-V). His influence on my trading experience can hardly be overestimated. I'm grateful to him for supporting me when I needed it a lot.
Market Leader: Could you give some advice to rookies?
Polina:
Well, it is important to finish what you started. Those who try to learn too many different things at a time, cannot finish most or even any of them. They just waste a lot of time and effort. A winning strategy is needed to succeed in trading Forex. If you feel like you cannot create you own winning strategy, go find a good successful mentor. He/she should be a practicing mentor since those who survive the ups and downs and learned how to profit from Forex on a regular basis know and can teach you a lot more than theoretics. And finally, it is always a good habit to develop your intuition so that it could help you make better decisions.
Alex von Stachelkopf
